Owner Comments:
RARE!
WOW! Joint Finest Known PFUC! (1/2)
Total Graded: 15
Mintage: Unrecorded but estimated to be +/- 20 only
These nickel coins were issued until 1990, after which time the denomination was made much smaller with the Third Decimal Series.
The 1982 issue commemorates the presidency of Balthazar Johannes Vorster (1915 - 1983) who served as the fourth State President of South Africa from 1978 to 1979.
Obverse
Instead of the Coat of Arms of South Africa, the obverse of the 1982 coins displays a portrait of Balthazar Johannes Vorster, South Africa's fourth president, facing three-quarters right.
Below the neck truncation, the initials of the obverse designer: LDL (for Lourens De Lange).
Around left and around right, the bilingual legend reads SUID-AFRIKA and SOUTH AFRICA in English.
Around below, the date of issue * 1982 *.
Reverse
The reverse shows a Springbok antelope, jumping to the right.
Below that, the value and denomination 1 RAND.
Above the Springbok and to the left, the motto SOLI DEO GLORIA (translated from Latin: Glory to God alone).
Below left, the artist's initials J. v. Z. (for Jan van Zyl).